Dallas

1986NRRated NR8 seasons

Back in the big-hat 1970s and '80s, the large living and shady affairs of greedy oilman J.R. Ewing and his bickering family formed America's favorite prime-time soap opera, complete with cliffhanger season endings. The complex relations between the Ewing clan create a dramatic landscape in which family members could be sharing a pleasant round of cocktails one moment and plotting a new victim's financial ruin the next.

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Summary of Season 4 (1980) -
8 discs

As the fourth season of this nighttime soap opera unfolds, the universally hated J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) lies unconscious in a hospital bed -- but no one knows for certain who shot him. Was it Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) … or even the unassuming Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes)? As the list of suspects grows, faithful brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy) takes the reins at Ewing Oil. Extras include Hagman's home movies.

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Summary of Season 5 (1981) -
9 discs

Texas oil and water don't mix in the fifth season of this classic nighttime soap opera when a woman is found floating in the Ewings' pool and J.R. and Cliff accuse each other of murder. Meanwhile, Sue Ellen finally takes action to divorce J.R.

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Summary of Season 6 (1982) -
5 discs

The unbridled scheming and backstabbing around the Southfork compound continue as the sixth season of the nighttime soap kicks off with Ewing Oil in turmoil and villainous J.R. (Larry Hagman) ousted as company president. When their father passes away, Bobby and J.R. find themselves locked in a battle over control of the family empire. Meanwhile, Pam and Bobby split up, and J.R. remarries Sue Ellen, only to later end up behind bars in Cuba.

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Summary of Season 8 (1984) -
10 discs

Return to Southfork for another round of intrigue, backstabbing and greed. This season, Bobby tries to figure out who shot him, and Jenilee Harrison joins the cast as Jamie, Jock's niece and Cliff Barnes's key to the Ewing fortune. Meanwhile, Jenna goes on trial for the murder of her ex-husband, Sue Ellen falls off the wagon, and Bobby takes a notorious car trip in the prime-time soap's biggest cliffhanger since "Who Shot J.R?"

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Summary of Season 10 (1986) -
3 discs

Season 10 of the smash hit prime-time soap opera kicks off with Pam (Victoria Principal) waking one morning to find Bobby (Patrick Duffy) in the shower, revealing that the entire ninth season was Pam's nightmare. Meanwhile, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) opens a lingerie business using J.R.'s (Larry Hagman) one-time mistress Mandy (Deborah Shelton) as her top model, and Ray and Donna (Steve Kanaly and Susan Howard) deal with marital problems.

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Summary of Season 12 (1988) -
3 discs

In the 12th season of the smash-hit soap, womanizing J.R. (Larry Hagman) heads to the backwoods of Arkansas for a little rest and relaxation. But when he seduces hillbilly waitress Cally Harper (Cathy Podewell), her brothers go ballistic and have the oil tycoon arrested. While J.R. tangles with Cally and her clan, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) purchases a movie studio, plotting to produce a scathing documentary on her crooked husband.

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Summary of Season 13 (1989) -
3 discs

As the penultimate season of this hit primetime drama unfolds, arrogant oil man J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) is determined to figure out what his ex-wife Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) meant when she referenced a film that would make him "the laughing stock of Texas." Elsewhere on Southfork Ranch, Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes) and Clayton (Howard Keel) are desperate to find a lock that will fit a mysterious key that came in the mail.

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Summary of Season 14 (1990) -
5 discs

The final season of this smash-hit primetime soap finds the ruthless Ewing clan conniving to the bitter end, with J.R. (Larry Hagman) scheming to regain control of Ewing Oil and Bobby (Patrick Duffy) hunting down his wife's killer. A drunk, despondent and pistol-wielding J.R. also learns the good that his life has accomplished, but -- in classic "Dallas" cliffhanger style -- is that enough to keep him from turning the gun on himself?